Eddy Cuccaro’s super single cafe racer for the French Alps… We’ve always been fans of “supermono” motorcycles — a term that came into use to describe a European road racing series for single-cylinder machines with […]
Tag: Suzuki
Raise a Little Hell: Suzuki XF650 Freewind Scrambler
Heaven is a two-wheeled machine you built yourself… Introduced in 1997, the Suzuki XF650 Freewind was a do-it-all machine with the bulletproof 47-hp single from the DR650 and a multi-purpose mission: “Cruise comfortably at 80mph, […]
Slingshot: Suzuki GSX-R750 Resto by GMW
Gaston Motorcycle Werks restores / upgrades an 80s icon… Introduced in 1985, the original Suzuki GSX-R750 would become a legend in its own time. The world’s first street-legal road-race replica that the average sport rider […]
Miss Adventure: Suzuki DR-Z400 Street Tracker
Farm Fresh Customs builds a misadventurous supermotard… Since its introduction in 2005, the Suzuki DR-Z400SM has achieved something of a cult following, a street-legal factory supermoto that’s affordable, bulletproof, and has a strong community and […]
Cafe Killer: Suzuki GSX-R750 by Cool Kid Customs
“Neo Tokyo” — an Akira-inspired slabside GSX-R… In 1985, Suzuki introduced the original GSX-R750, an aluminum-framed racebike for the street — a bike that would serve as the grandfather of all Japanese super sports to […]
Big-Bore Weapon: Suzuki GSX-R1100 “Bushido”
Rusty Wrench Motorcycles builds an 1100cc weapon… In the early 1980s, Suzuki set to work developing a machine that could outperform the formidable Honda Interceptor. In 1984, they released the GSX-R400, an aluminum-framed four-cylinder sportbike […]
MaanDrake: Suzuki DR650 by Motocicli Audaci
MAAN builds a DR650 scrambler for an off-road rally across Sardinia! Dust’n Sardinia is a three-day trek across 300+ miles of southern Sardinia, completely off-road, open to 15 lucky participants each year riding scrambler motorcycles. […]
“Frankenstein” Suzuki DR250 Cafe Racer
Hand-built in a simple garage — sometimes without electricity! The Suzuki DR250 “Djebel” was a four-stroke dual-purpose motorcycle named for a mountain in North Africa. The 249cc mountain goat had dual disc brakes, USD forks, […]
1260cc Tasmanian Devil: Suzuki GS1100 Restomod
ProtoWorks Manufacturing builds an air-cooled, 160-hp superbike… Introduced in 1980, the Suzuki GS1100E quickly became the undisputed King of the Superbikes, rocketing through the quarter mile in 10.99 seconds at 120.8 mph — the world’s […]
Rally Raider: Suzuki DR-Z800 “MadaSuki” by Bandisca
MadaSuki: A Tribute to Suzuki’s Mighty DR-Z Paris-Dakar Rally Racers… In the late 80s, Suzuki decided to take the offensive in the legendary Paris-Dakar Rally, pitting a big single against the twin-powered “Desert Boeings” that […]
